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Revolutionaries might refer to the apostles, who up until his death had not quite gone on missionary excursions, they were waiting for his command, and He knew he was gonna die so this line refers to his ultimate demise.

The blowing down doors and wild wind could refer to Jesus anger at seeing all the merchants stationed right outside of the temple, he saw this as a wicked thing that dishonor his father. there's no mention of a mirror in the bible, this could mean simply he's telling them to be like him, a mirror reflects oneself and he's telling them to spread his word and be Christ like.

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The chorus refers to the occupation if Jerusalem by the Romans during the time f Jesus mission also we know Jesus sent many people to preach his word after he died, the armor part could refer to the Full Armor of God in Acts. Pillars of Sand and the keys could refer I Jesus holding the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and as someone pointed out Solomon's temple being built upon a sand bank. The dice part I will come around to in a sec. Listen as the crowd would sing could refer to all his sermons on which so many people ranging in the thousands would come to see him. Jesus calmed a storm and then walked on water, if he can calm a storm he can start one as well. I'm my gonna write out every line but I'm trying to make sense of your theory, cause it's kinda cool: The whole world thing may refer to his world of Jerusalem, the people of Jerusalem were chosen by god and thus that's his own world upon which he was king, people were looking at Jesus as their preacher of choice over their already stablished Jewish leaders. ) and the Jerusalem Bells were ringing in warning, because the 'King' was fomenting rebellion, and the Roman were gonna put a stop to it. So, if your theory about the Jerusalem bells and Roman Cavalry choirs were correct, then it would be that the Cavalry were singing because they get to slaughter some Jews, (so many people have loved doing that throughout history. Pilate washed his hands of the whole deal, basically saying, 'Whatever, this dude you want let go tried to kill a whole bunch of people and nearly caused the Roman army to come in and wreck shit again, but if you want him back, take him.' They were so much for it they let Barrabas go so they could crucify Jesus. The religious leaders in Jerusalem were the ones who wanted Jesus dead. He didn't consider Jesus a revolutionary, at least, not against the roman government, and didn't really give shit if the local government shit itself and went haywire, as long as it kept paying the taxes to the Romans. Pontius Pilate, the Prefect of Judea, was against the crucifixion of Jesus. woah ohhhhh woah ohhh oh, ooooooh ooh oooooh oh ooooooh oh oooooh oh.' totally symbolizes Satan and shit

'For some reason I can't explain I know Saint Peter won't call my name Never an honest word But that was when I ruled the world' Don't know what to make of this. 'Revolutionaries wait For my head on a silver plate Just a puppet on a lonely string Oh who would ever want to be king?' He was wanted dead and could have been considered nothing more than a puppet for god. 'It was the wicked and wild wind Blew down the doors to let me in' All those non believers and shit be wicked and trying to kill him. 'My missionaries in a foreign field' Missionaries are losing faith cause their invincible king got fucked. 'Be my mirror, my sword and shield' Has something to do with the armor of Christ (chest plate of righteousness, etc.) but I don't know what. Romans killed Jesus so they were being assholes and singing out of happiness. 'I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing Roman Cavalry choirs are singing' Jerusalem was sad of his death and the church bell rang. 'One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand' He was living it up until one of his disciples, (who shall rename nameless (Judas)) betrayed him and his world came crashing down. There was a 'revolution' of Christianity like the CD or the Industrial revolution. 'I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing 'Now the old king is dead! Long live the king'! He was a total badass that rode into enemy kingdoms on fucking donkeys and always won against the enemy. 'Seas would rise when I gave the word' Dude was god, (depending on what you believe). 'I used to rule the world' Europe, Asia, and Africa was the known world, and he was quite the influence.

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